The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-05
A MONUMENT TO ST. PAUL.
Secretary Bayard Favors the Novel
Project.
Fs,on, the WASHINGTON Post.

From, the Washington Post
One of the latest projects proposed by q
number of gentlemen in this country is to
build monument to st. Paul in his native
city of Tarsus, Asia Minor. There are a
great many churches in both this country and
Europe which have been named after St
Paul, but none of these have been erected to
his memory. The most fitting place for such
amonument is the city of his birth, about
which there is no uncertainty, for as Paul
himself said
Il am a man, which am Jew Of Tarsus
"a city in Cilicia; citizen of no mean
city,
The present population of Tarsus is about
10000. 1t is situated on the Cydrine river,
and stands within controlling distance of
the great pass of the Taurus mountains,
now, as in ancient times, the sole easy land
communication between Persia, Syria and
the West The city has increased 50 per
cent. within fifteen years, and its streets are
being improved and paved. There are now a
number of churches and schools in Cilicia, in
district twice as large as the State Of New
York, but there are as yet no hospitals,
no homes for the aged, no orphan asylums
nor any other benevolent institutions. 1t is
now proposed to build monument to St
Paul in the shape of a training school for
orphans, of which there are a large number
in that country, whose lot is a hard one
These orphans are left homeless. Rev
Cyrus Hanlin, of Lexington, Mass, the
founder Of Robert College, Constantinople
writes:
'Epidemics sweep away the parents and
leave the children. The Orientals are not
socially hard-hearted or unfeeling, and yet
with no public institutions of relief, the con
dition of orphans among the poor is very
sad, and the number very great"
The intention is to educate these orphans
to becoInepreachers, that they may help to
eevangelize the country; They should also
be taught some useful trade or industry
which would render them self-supporting.
Each child's education will cost $50 year
until the student is fully prepared for work
as minister or teacher The original con-
ception of this school comes from a native
of Cilicia, now a student i'll the New York
Union Theological eminary-HaTntune S.
Jenanyan. Already number of people in
New York have become interested in the
proposed school, and have pledged 81. 800
annually, sum sufficient to support about
fifty children.
A board of managers has been selected
and they held their first meeting at the resi-
dence Of Col. Elliott +. Sheppard, on Fifth
avenue, New York. The following are the
officers and members as appointed at a meet
ing held recently: President, Rev. DR.. How
ara Crosby; wee President, Col, Elliott 4.
Sheppard; Treasurer, Walter r. Hatch, of
BROOKLYN Corresponding Secretary, Daniel
w. McWilliams, of Brooklyn; Recording
Secretary, Louis c. Wilton, of New York,
while the following gentlemen constitute
the Advisory Board; Clergymen, Rev.
Drs. Charles F. Deems, John Hall, Cyrus
Hamlin, Roswell D. Hitchcock, James M.
King, William Ormiston, A J. Ruliffson,
r. S. Storrs, William M. Taylor, and the
following laymen: Cornelius n Bliss,
William F. Lee, Frederic c. Monnel, Gus
tave Schawb Dr. William II. Thomson, Ira
c. Thurber and John H. Washburne
Elliott F. Sheppard, of New York, Vice
President of the institute, accompanied by
Algernon S. Sullivan, a distinguished law
Yer, called upon Nh, Bayard at the State
Department Offices TO explain the character
and purposes of the institute, and also to
introduced Mr.. Jenanyan and A. McLach-
Ian. The Secretary was requested to in
struct the United States Minister at Con-
stantinople to use his infiunce with Turkey,
to have governmental protection to the
''St. Paul Institute" and Orphanage school
which Mr.. Jenanyan and his associates are
about to establish in Tarsus.
He showed much interest in the applica-
ton, and said be would give instructions
to our Minister to support it with the Sui
tan.
Mr. Jenanyan will bear letters to Minister
Straus, who also had explanations about
this school, given TO him before he left,
New York, and who expressed friendly in
terest therein.